SITE REVIEW: Bait and Tackle

jberry

Newbie

Posts: 8

Loc: Atlantic CO

3+ Months Ago

I have just finished a online tackle shop sort of like tackledirect but with a couple of features that people who go to these sites want. So let me know what you all think. http://www.riptidebaitandtackle.com

Jason

spork

Brewmaster

Posts: 6299

Loc: Seattle, WA

3+ Months Ago

You have 177 markup validation errors. The page cannot be completely properly validated because you have no doctype. Fix that first, then move on to the rest of the errors.

The one thing that bothers me at first sight are your images. Your main logo has a white border around it that makes it look like it was originally on a white background and then "cut out" to be made transparent. The same goes for your borders around the boxes on your site.

Your site makes heavy use of tables. You might want to look into going the XHTML/CSS route to help separate content from presentation. Don't worry, if you're new to XHTML/CSS, there are some good introductory tutorials at W3Schools.com as well as others on the Internet.

I was expecting some simple rollover effects on your main menu at the top...

You're off to a good start. You just need to do some graphics and code maintenance.

murcielagossi

Proficient

Posts: 457

3+ Months Ago

I think you should look at some alternate color choices. And spork is right about the logo/header.
And the bgimage at the top is pushing the table to be taller, when the bgimage is not repeating....make the header image smaller so this does not happen....because i dont think it looks good.

Good luck

Hugin

Newbie

Posts: 13

3+ Months Ago

Comic Sans. Please kill me.

I would never buy anything from a company with a site like that.

Lost^Angel

Novice

Posts: 18

3+ Months Ago

Looking good.

I think you should add a payment option in upfront.
like a logo " we accept credit card, paypal, bla..bla.... "

by the way.
ignore Hugin, I see the all post made by Hugin, he give bad comment for all site..

cinema88

Beginner

Posts: 48

3+ Months Ago

hi ..
1) i think that you should work on design ..
2) you should correct errors in your source code ... 180 errors
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